SBL 2009 Pedagogy

22-201 Academic Teaching and Biblical Studies
11/22/2009 1:00 PM to 3:30 PM Room: Studio 9 – MR
Theme: Distance Learning: How to teach traditional topics in a non-traditional format

Karyn Traphagen, University of Stellenbosch
Taking the Distance out of Distance Learning (20 min)

• CDW-G survey 2008: The 21st-Century Campus: Are We There Yet? Challenges and Opportunities for Campus Technology (right-click to download PDF file)
• CDW-G survey 2009: The 2009 21st-Century Campus Report: Defining the Vision

(right-click to download PDF file)

• Campus Technology article 11/3/2009: Students Unimpressed with Faculty Use of Ed Tech
• Campus Technology article 10/28/2009: Most College Students to Take Classes Online by 2014
• Michelle Everson, University of Minnesota:10 Things I’ve Learned About Teaching Online

Online Tools:

• Moodle: Open Source community-based tools for learning
• Elluminate: web, audio, video, and social networking solutions for teaching, learning, and collaborating
• LearnCentral: social learning network for education, sponsored by Elluminate

Tim Bulkeley, Tyndale Carey Graduate School
Degrees of Presence: Using Various Technologies to Provide Distant Students which a Degree of “Presence” (20 min)

• http://www.bigbible.org/blog/2009/11/degrees-of-presence.htm
  
• http://www.bigbible.org/blog/2009/11/degrees-of-presence-ii-backstory.htm
• http://www.bigbible.org/blog/2009/11/degrees-of-presence-iii-research.htm

Taylor Halverson, Brigham Young University
Effective Uses of Discussion Forums for Biblical Studies Courses at a Distance (20 min)

• Discussion Board Rubric (PDF)
• Distance Education and the Bible Presentation Outline (Word doc)
• Effective Uses of Discussion Forums for Biblical Studies (PowerPoint)

Jeff S. Anderson, Wayland Baptist University
Teaching a Graduate Dead Sea Scrolls Seminar Online (20 min)

G. Brooke Lester, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary
The Contribution of Distance Learning Strategies to Brick-and-Mortar Learning (20 min)

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23-202Best Practices in Teaching
11/23/2009 1:00 PM to 3:30 PM Room: Studio 9 – MR
Theme: Teaching Biblical Languages

N. Clayton Croy, Trinity Lutheran Seminary, Presiding

Michael Theophilos, University of Oxford
Learning Greek Through Ancient Artefacts: Resources and Examples (30 min)

Karyn Traphagen, University of Stellenbosch
Examining our Exams: What to include, exclude, and revisit for Biblical Language Exams (30 min)

• Ideas for vocabulary assessment (Randall Buth’s handout from SBL 2007)
• BH Vocabulary Word Pairs Chart-Blank (based on word pairings from John Hobbins)
• Sample Translation Exams (One, Two, Three) which ask grammar, syntax, and discourse questions requiring students to interact with the Hebrew text and a provided English translation.

Sandra Hack Polaski, Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond
Communicative Language Learning for Koine Greek: A Proposal (30 min)

Donald W. Parry, Brigham Young University, Samuel J. C. Smith, Brigham Young University and Taylor Halverson, Brigham Young University
A New Software Resource for Learning Biblical Hebrew (30 min)

You Lim Hahn, Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary
Step-by-step Marking Method as a Visual Aid for Greek Translation (30 min)